Ocean's Descent ||| Woosan (Ateez)

34

Wooyoung felt amazing. With each heartbeat, he could feel the magic flowing through his body. It gave him strength and the hope he thought he had lost.

He couldn't figure out exactly what it was that did it, but there was something about this place that seemed to have fixed everything.

And being here with San just made things even better.

As he glanced up at his human, Wooyoung tried to think of a human term he had heard Felix use at the beach house.

San must have noticed his deep concentration because he carded a hand through Wooyoung's hair and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

The merman pushed his lips out in a pout. "How to describe being here with you. Something about iced cake?"

"Icing on the cake?"

"Yes! This is cake icing!" Wooyoung sat up and blushed happily at San's bright laughter.

"God, how can you be so adorable, Youngie?"

"I dunno." He shrugged his shoulders and hummed to himself. His eyes started to drift around the tent. Then he bounced in place.

"Are you ok?"

Wooyoung froze, then slapped his hands to his face. "Are we supposed to go to bed now? I'm not tired at all!" And really, how could he even think about sleeping at a time like this?

"Me neither." San sat up as well and bit his lip. "I can't get my mind to turn off. Plus I'm used to staying up all night anyway. Would... Would you like to go for a walk?"

"Sure!" Wooyoung scurried to get out of the tent. He slipped the shoes he had created on and glanced up.

It was like an entirely different world at night. The stars twinkled in the sky and the moon... the moonlight gave everything a gorgeous white glow. Especially the water.

The lake called to Wooyoung, each time the lazy waves lapped at the shoreline it was like a new symphony of sounds.

San joined him a few seconds later, shoes on and carrying one of the blankets under his arm. He laced his fingers with Wooyoung's and pulled him forward.

Soon the crunching of leaves and grass beneath their feet joined the soft water. The moon was bright enough to light their way, peeking through the leaves and teasing them when it vanished occasionally.

"It's so loud but quiet at the same time." Wooyoung said gently, too afraid to speak any louder.

"What do you mean?" San gave him an inquisitive look. "To me this is so peaceful. Just the sounds of the night. It's soothing. Even the insects chirping. It's something that I don't get to hear in the city."

"It's kind of the same for me, only the opposite. There aren't a lot of things that made sound back home. Not constantly like up here. And the city... it's almost overwhelming for me, but I like it! I like everything I've learned about up here."

San tilted his head to the side but didn't say anything. He had a distant look in his eye that Wooyoung didn't quite understand.

They walked in silence for a few more minutes, following the shoreline.

When they came across a relatively clear patch of grass that came almost all the way to the water, San stopped and unfurled the blanket. "Let's stop here." He kicked off his shoes once more and patted the blanket.

Wooyoung was quick to follow, then let out a surprised squeak when San pulled him down so that his back was to the human's chest. "Sannie!" He giggled and tried to scoot away, but San surrounded him with his arms and legs.